kardianos/govendor
Use Go Modules. observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4209
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2423
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4889 stars · 387 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
govendor is a Go vendoring and dependency management tool that manages vendor directories for Go projects. It is now deprecated; the README explicitly tells users to use Go modules instead.
Use cases
- manage vendor directory for a legacy Go project
- vendor Go dependencies without modules
- migrate an old GOPATH-based Go project to vendoring
- understand pre-modules Go dependency workflows
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy pre-modules Go codebase that still relies on vendor/ directories
- archaeology on how Go dependency management worked before Go modules
When to avoid
- any new Go project - use Go modules instead
- modern Go development on Go 1.14 or later
- starting a new dependency management setup
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools version-control go cross-platform cli go-vendoring dependency-management deprecated legacy-tool golang command-line
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kardianos/govendor · fetched 2026-10-19 · 6d98c31aa498
- homepage: https://blog.golang.org/migrating-to-go-modules · fetched 2026-08-29 · 77b7d933502b
- site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 757852027879
- site_page: https://go.dev/project · fetched 2026-08-29 · d5ca00bb378b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kardianos/govendor | main | 10 |
For agents
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